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‘The adjacent space is for the most part consumed by Black Stone, an enormous cuboid construction constructed from strips of tyre nailed to an armature.’

‘It is a tall cuboid volume wrapped in slate which actually sits in the pool, its dark, enigmatic mass giving the disarming impression of floating on water.’

‘Has anyone commented on just how cuboid his head is before?’

‘The crisp, cuboid geometry of the new parts forms a stage set for the daily dramas and intimacies of workplace life.’

‘Cytologic evaluation of the brushing material demonstrated clusters of small cuboid cells consistent with an endometrial origin.’

‘Even if the shape of animal teeth is unfamiliar, a roughly cuboid or distinctly conical structure with a covering of hard mineral and what could feasibly be roots is likely to be a tooth.’

‘I slept along with the locals in perfect safety on the roof of a cuboid house.’

‘There are cuboid watermelons and giant tomatoes, as well as little vignette inserts punctuating the picture - a fruit fly, a strand of human DNA, a repulsive overbred lapdog framed in a prize-winning blue rosette.’

‘From basement to attic, the house was designed down to its last detail: from the hand-stencilled walls, wallpapers and latticed panelling, to curtains and carpets, fitted furniture, china and cuboid planters.’

‘On a basic level, the destruction of these austere cuboid monoliths on our skyline has provoked us to reflect on what buildings mean.’

‘In the middle was an empty coffin, a cuboid altar, and a table decked with chalice, knife, and holy scourge.’

‘A neighborhood of such severe cuboid houses would probably feel sterile and lifeless.’

‘Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing cuboid cases all of a sudden.’

noun

1Geometry A solid that has six rectangular faces at right angles to each other.

‘He didn't know how long he had been standing there, stacking the cuboids one on top of the other.’

‘The anterior process of the calcaneus is a saddle-shaped bony protuberance that articulates with the cuboid.’

‘As the medial side of the cuboid and the lateral side of the ectocuneiform are eroded, the fit between the two specimens cannot be fully assessed.’

‘It cuts the cuboid sulcus and the cuboid bone.’

‘The foot can be divided into three anatomic regions: the hindfoot or rearfoot (talus and calcaneus); the midfoot (navicular bone, cuboid bone, and three cuneiform bones); and the forefoot (metatarsals and phalanges).’

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin cuboides, from Greek kuboeidēs, from kubos (see cube).